There's nothing worse than the frustration of having somebody who you feel doesn't get what you're doing, trying to turn it into something else. It's a very, very annoying and sort of frustrating thing and I just never wanted to go through it. I was very fortunate as I came up through the film business that I was able to insulate myself from that.

George Lucas

Always remember, your focus determines your reality.

George Lucas

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The Force is really a way of feeling; it's a way of being with life. It really has nothing to do with weapons. The Force gives you the power to have extrasensory perception and to be able to see things and hear things, read minds and levitate things. It is said that certain creatures are born with a higher awareness of the Force than humans. Their brains are different; they have more midi-chlorians in their cells.

George Lucas

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We are all living in cages with the door wide open.

George Lucas

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The one way the world hasn't changed: teaching is still the most important job.

George Lucas

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I think as you grow up, you realize you have obligations just in your life - being a citizen, being part of humanity - to help other people, to help your country, to help the world.

George Lucas

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You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you're doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle.

George Lucas

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Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibi lity for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people-these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.

George Lucas

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You can't do it unless you can imagine it.

George Lucas

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My success wasn't based on how I could push down everybody that was around me. My success was based on how much I could push everybody up.

George Lucas

If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.

George Lucas

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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

George Lucas

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The theme that runs through my movies is the fact that we create barriers for ourselves....because we say, Well, I can't do that. But in the end, you can't do it unless you can imagine yourself succeeding at it.

George Lucas

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No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

George Lucas

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You need peers; you need people who are at the same level you are. You never know in life when you're going to need help, and you never know who you're going to need it from.

George Lucas

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You can find people who have discovered the fact that it's really helping people, it's really being compassionate toward other human beings that makes you happy, that gives you a spiritual fulfillment - a kind of fulfillment that goes way beyond anything you can buy.

George Lucas

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Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.

George Lucas

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The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

George Lucas

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Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.

George Lucas

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Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.

George Lucas

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George Orwell was right. There's no greater genius as far as I'm concerned in terms of understanding human nature. I think that a lot of people just believe anything you tell them, and no matter what it is, they just go along with the program. They're perfectly happy to take their pill every day and do what they're told, and work and buy things, and work and buy things, and stay out of any complex emotional situations. And whatever the authorities tell them to do, they do, and whatever the authorities say is the truth, they believe is the truth.

George Lucas

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